Intelligent Contactless Reader

The ACR123U Intelligent Contactless Reader features a USB interface. It is integrated into existing POS (Point-of-Sale) terminals to support contactless payment applications. Customers can complete payment transactions simply by tapping cards onto the ACR123U.
To ensure versatility, ACR123U supports different contactless cards including ISO 14443, MIFARE, MasterCard® PayPass™, Visa payWave®, and AMEX ExpressPay®. ACR123U is also Apple Pay-ready. It features three built-in ISO7816-compliant secure access module (SAM) slots, which can be used with a SAM card to boost security. It is compliant and certified with major payment and safety standards.
For a more intuitive user experience, it comes with a large backlit LCD, and a large tapping area with light guides to indicate its responses to card-tapping. The ACR123U can greatly speed up movement in checkout counters, increasing convenience for consumers and merchants.

About ACR123U

The ACR123U is the USB version of the ACR123S, a cost-effective, flexible and intelligent contactless reader. It can be integrated to existing (Point-of-Sale) terminals or cash registers, to offer the convenience of a cashless payment system. The ACR123U speeds up movement in checkout counters, by enabling customers to complete payments by simply tapping their cards.

The ACR123U is equipped with a large graphical LCD that allows merchants to display messages, as well as a large tapping area with backlight, which guides customers in carrying out their payment transactions. Developed based on 13.56 MHz contactless (RFID) technology, it supports any contactless card following the ISO 14443-4 standard. It is also equipped with a large graphical LCD, as well as a large user-controllable tapping area with backlight.

ACR123U Standard Features

USB interface for Data Communication and power supply

ARM 32-bit CortexTM-M3 Processor

Smart Card Reader:

Read/Write speed of up to 848 kbps

Built-in antenna for contactless card access, with card reading distance of up to 50 mm (depending on tag type)

ACR123U SDK

Comprehensive SDK—This SDK enables the ACR123U to be used and integrated to various POS Terminals. This SDK provides sample codes for device and contactless card programming in the Linux and Windows platforms, and supports programming languages including MS Visual C++, MS Visual C#.NET, and Linux GTK C++.

Payment Demo—The ACR123U SDK provides a demo for the payment functionalities of the ACR123U. By using the JCOP cards provided, which emulate a valid (non-expired card) and invalid card (expired card), the demo shows the various responses of the payment kernel loaded in the ACR123U to various payment scenarios. It also has a manual to explain the various payment functionalities of the ACR123U.

The development kit is priced at only US$300.

ACR123U SDK

Smart Card Reader(s)

1 x ACR123U Intelligent Contactless Reader

Test Card(s)/ Token(s)

3 x ACOS3 Contactless Smart Cards

ACOS6-SAM Secure Access Module Card

2 x JCOP Cards emulating a PayPass Card

CD-ROM

Reference Manual(s)

PayPass Demo

Sample Codes:

Demonstrates basic commands used to communicate with the cards and readers